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Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

S.Amdt. 2119

S.Amdt. 2119 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 8 Democratic cosponsors · See all 8 cosponsors

Changes H.Con.Res. 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

Offered

Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

This amendment would add a deficit-neutral reserve fund to the concurrent resolution.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate would be allowed to change budget allocations and the pay-as-you-go ledger, which is a record used to track how new legislation affects the deficit, for bills or amendments that support federal wildland firefighters or other certified personnel.

The amendment specifies that the legislation could include provisions to recruit and retain these personnel.

It could also include provisions for providing industry-standard leave policies after wildfire deployments.

Additionally, the legislation could include provisions to exempt such personnel from hiring freezes or to reinstate the employment of personnel whose positions were terminated during calendar year 2025.

These adjustments would be made by the amounts provided in the legislation, provided the legislation does not increase the deficit between fiscal years 2025 and 2034.